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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Presents for the Fam

Hello friends! I'm finally back from my half awesome, half lame vacation on the east coast. Before I left, I sent off a few presents to my Montana family (my sister, her dad, her step mom and step sister), but never had time to post what I did. But fear not, I am still crafting. :) Here they are:

This is the mirror I made for Bridget, Ali's step-sister. She lives in Montana, so anything that reminds her of the beach makes her happy. She's 16 though, so I didn't want it to be tacky. I went for "beachy chic" here.

Complete with local shells and sea glass. :)

I glued little black bling to three of the corners to hide the seams in the wood.

The verdict: she loved it. Win!

Ali's instructions: Anything black and/or pink. So this is the picture frame I made her, with my favorite picture of us in it. I could not seem to get a good picture of...the picture.

This one shows the color better. Hooray for glitter paper and sticky bling!!!!

She's called me sissy since she could talk.

The verdict: Loves it! She says it's going on a shelf called the "Ali and Carrie shelf". Amazing how loved kids can make you feel. Win!!!!
I also sent that heart box to Anne, and, as predicted, she loved it. I totally laughed at her because of how crappy of a job I did, but I knew she'd be stoked just the same. Still, I promised her better in the future. Tom didnt get anything. He's just like me. He hates stuff. (But shhh don't tell, I got him something in Salem.)

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Hi, I'm Craftypants.

My name is Carrie, affectionately known by most as "Bear". I live on the wonderful central coast with my two furry children that meow.
This is my attempt to force myself to get back into being an artsy fartsy lady.